Workshop Technical Setup

Workshop Technical Setup and Preparation

Response Patterns (from samples)

Common openings:

• "Oh no 😢​"
• "Hello,"
• "Thank you!"

Common core lines:

• "wrote:"
• "– Kent"
• "Thanks for reaching out!"

Common closings:

• "If you have coding questions, you can ask them in the community Discord channel we've set up here."
• "Best,"
• "I am really sorry about this. I have changed the permissions so that the form can actually be filled now 😅"

Phrases That Work (4-gram frequency)

• "on thu 22 jan" — 5 (17.9%)
• "thu 22 jan 2026" — 5 (17.9%)
• "22 jan 2026 at" — 5 (17.9%)
• "let me know if" — 5 (17.9%)
• "jan 22 2026 at" — 4 (14.3%)
• "am j sanchez email" — 4 (14.3%)
• "j sanchez email wrote" — 4 (14.3%)
• "kent c dodds me" — 4 (14.3%)
• "c dodds me kentcdodds" — 4 (14.3%)
• "dodds me kentcdodds com" — 4 (14.3%)

Tone Guidance (observed)

• Openings trend toward: "Oh no 😢​"
• Closings often include: "If you have coding questions, you can ask them in the community Discord channel we've set up here."

What NOT To Do

• Don't introduce policy details that are not present in the verified response lines above.
• Don't paraphrase or reframe the customer's question in a way that changes meaning.
• Don't add refund/discount promises unless they appear in the extracted responses for this topic.

Validation

Draft must:

• Include at least one of the required phrases from the validation block
• Stay consistent with the observed response patterns above
• NOT introduce policy details that are not present in the verified response lines above.